Deep in the heart of Appalachia a pair of ex B&O CPL's stand guard as a pair of veteran A&O GP38s bring a ballast train east of the Berryburg Junction on the CSX Cowan sub. The red RJ corman balla... (more)

13.4 miles left to Berkeley Run Junction, and three A&O geeps are hauling 80 loads of coal past the intermediate signals in Phillipi. This line is the last place to find B&O CPLs in West Virginia,... (more)

A small derailment that crashed into the CSX power at Sentinel mine leaves most important no injuries, however some track damage and damage to the Locomotive. It appears a car had picked the switc... (more)

West Virginia is best known for its natural beauty and natural resources. For over 100 years the hills and valleys of West Virginia have echoed with the sound of trains moving coal that built Ame... (more)

Skirting the Tygart River, a B&O coal train passes the famed Phillipi covered bridge. The pre-civil war structure is the longest covered bridge in West Virginia. As a "double-barrel" two-lane brid... (more)

A eastbound coal drag heads through Philipi, West Virginia on its way to Grafton pulling a string of ex CSX hoppers now lettered for the A&O.